The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-04-07

rrmored or his overthrow. The
e,. tie ,l,uonorcd Slbbaths, the
urofnnlii,,, the lalsdemeanors
RS, rr5cLr,l r.n their hands to
hc ark h. fall him out. The
o can OF mis- = II surrounded his
likra ruoom, raying like an
r hut IooL ing out of the win
.aw his SINS sink like lead into
oftl, IA. The dove of Heaven
70 olive branch TO the ark. The
tine binUw oulypushed him toward
"rne Lord ,h3t him in"
anne dor fes,en NOS that kept
I'm when n man reaches Heaven all
ar roubles are doue with him. Here
be- have had 1t hnrd to get bread for
Y: there he will never hunoer any
ere he may hnyo went bitterly.
il. he lamb that is in the midst Of
one will lead him 10 living fountains
O 4r and iod will wine away all fears
tro eyes," Here he NAV have hard
vo, , oet n house; but in nv Fathers
hons are many mansions. and rent ,Iay
ney,r comes. Here there nre death-beds,
ami collins. and graves: there no sickness,
no weary watching, no choking cough, no
consrminp fever no chatterinp chill. no
toIunp he'll. 10 grave. The sorrows of life
sIpI come ap aid knock at the door, but
no II ui,tance. The Uerpleyities of life
sbnII come nm and knock on the door. but
no admittauce. Safe foreverl All the
aeon, OF earth in one wave dashinp against
the Lulw rks of the shin of celestial .irht
eiu' not br.all them down. Howl ON. We
Winds. and race, We seas! "The Lord shut
hun IN"
h. what g,and old door! SO vide, SO
easl y swung both ways, and with such
sure laslennSs No burglars key can
PICK that lock. No swarthy arm OF hell
can SHOVE back the bolt. l rejoice that
do not ask you to come al loard crazy
Graft with .eaklng hulk, ana broken helm,
and unfustened door, but an ark fifty
cubis wide and 500 cublts long, and door
so large mat the round earth, without
grazing the posts, might be bOwled in.
Now. II the ark OF Christ is so grand a
place IN winch to i've, and die, and TIL
umph, come into the ark. Know well that
the door tnat shut Noah III shut the world
out; ana though' when the pltlless storm
came peltlng on Their heads, they beat
upon the door, saying Let me IN! let
me IN! the door did not open. For lzO
years they were invited. They expected to
come IN; put the antedl uylan SAID: we
must cultivate these helds, we must be
worth more tocks of sheep and herds of
cattle; we will wait until we get little
older; we will enjoy our old farm little
longer" But meanwhile the storm was
brewing Inc fountains or heaven were
ming up. The pry was being placed be-
meath the foundations OF the great deep.
1he last year had come, the last month,
Che last week, the last day, the last hour.
the last moment. In an awful dash, an
ocean dropped from the sky and rolled up
from beneath, and God rolled the earth
and sky into one wave of universal de-
Struction.
So men now put off Going into the ark.
They say they will wait twenty years first.
They will have little longer time with
Sheir worldly associates, They will wait
until they get older. They say YOU cannot
expect a man of nv atlainmenis and of INV
position to surrender myself lust now,
But before the s. orm comes will 90 in,
Yes, will. / know what | am about.
Trust me, After while, one night about
Il O'clock, going home, he passes q
Scanolding as gust of wind strikes it and
plank falls. Deadl and outside the ark!
Or, riding in the park. a reckless vehicle
crashes into him, and his horse becomes
unmanageable, and he shouts: "Whoa!
Whoa!" and takes another twist in fhe
reins and plants his feet against the DASH
board, AMI pulls ba tx. d}ut no use. It is
not so much down The avenue that he flies
Rs on the way to eternity. Out of the
wreck of the crash his body is drawn, but
his soul is not picked NJ. 1t fled behind a
sNiller courser lnlOthe great future. Dead,
Qnd outside the ark! Or some night he
wakes up with distress that momentarily
increases, until he shrieks out with pain.